Not to put too fine a point on it, but that has to be just about exactly how the Rays Front Office imagined the best case scenario for the 2018 season playing out when they made the (sometimes questionable) decisions they made this offseason.
There was: Great run prevention behind one of their young pitching studs; a ragtag lineup stringing together just enough hits; big hits with runners in scoring position; huste; a solid bullpen to close it out; and of course, just a bit of luck.
In fact, it was such a perfect amalgamation of these factors that it lends itself perfectly to a tidy little set-up for Wednesday afternoon’s victory recap.